Index: ELF/MarkLive.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/MarkLive.cpp
+++ ELF/MarkLive.cpp
@@ -175,9 +175,6 @@
   case SHT_PREINIT_ARRAY:
     return true;
   default:
-    if (Sec->Flags & SHF_LINK_ORDER)
-      return false;
-
     if (!(Sec->Flags & SHF_ALLOC))
       return true;
 
@@ -247,6 +244,8 @@
     // referred by .eh_frame here.
     if (auto *EH = dyn_cast_or_null<EhInputSection>(Sec))
       scanEhFrameSection<ELFT>(*EH, Enqueue);
+    if (Sec->Flags & SHF_LINK_ORDER)
+      continue;
     if (isReserved<ELFT>(Sec) || Script<ELFT>::X->shouldKeep(Sec))
       Enqueue({Sec, 0});
     else if (isValidCIdentifier(Sec->Name)) {
Index: test/ELF/gc-sections-metadata-startstop.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/gc-sections-metadata-startstop.s
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# LINK_ORDER cnamed sections are not kept alive by the __start_* reference.
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --gc-sections %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t | FileCheck  %s
+
+# CHECK-NOT: yy
+# CHECK: xx
+# CHECK-NOT: yy
+
+.weak __start_xx
+.weak __start_yy
+
+.global _start
+_start:
+.quad __start_xx
+.quad __start_yy
+
+.section xx,"a"
+.quad 0
+
+.section .foo,"a"
+.quad 0
+
+.section yy,"am",@progbits,.foo
+.quad 0
+